title: Blindness: a complication of odontogenic sinusitis.
abstract: Serious orbital complications including blindness can develop from odontogenic sinusitis. A case history is described of a patient with odontogenic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis in whom an orbital abscess developed followed by sudden blindness. The pathogenesis and treatment are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery